Oscar De La Hoya has been recognized as the best promoter in boxing according to Sports Illustrated.
De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions was part of many of the largest boxing matches of 2014 and the year saw Oscar take a larger role in his company.
Sports Illustrated had this to say about De La Hoya:
“De La Hoya has re-established himself as a force on the promotional landscape. He has repaired Golden Boy’s relationship with HBO,” read the article in Sports Illustrated, in part, and “restored a working relationship with rival Top Rank and continued to build junior middleweight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez into one of the biggest stars in boxing.
Oscar was very humble (surprising, I know) in his acceptance of the award:
“When I was inducted to the Boxing Hall of Fame in June, I made a promise that Golden Boy Promotions would focus all of its energies on a simple premise – bringing the best fights to the fans of our sport. In 2014, we started to deliver on that promise.”
“But we have only scratched the surface of what is possible. Working with our outstanding stable of fighters, our fellow promoters and everyone else in our sport who shares our goals, 2015 is primed to be a huge year for boxing,” said De La Hoya. “I’ll never forget that boxing is for the fans. I do this for the fans. I want them to get the fights they want to see and I won’t rest until that happens.”
It’ll be interesting to see how Oscar does in the long run. It seems as though he’s put everything behind Canelo being “the next big star” in boxing.
